The Four Creeks utility scale wind farm project has been filed to Peoria County Zoning. Your presence at the hearings is needed! The sessions will be at the Holiday Inn & Suites, Peoria, 7601 North Orange Prairie Rd., near the Grand Prairie Shopping Center, beginning on Monday, September 14th, at 9 a.m. It is expected expert testimony both for and against the project will be presented and then there will be public comments in general.

Why Edwards and Other Closed Coal Plants Have No Battery Back-Up or Solar Installed
Did you ever see a social media post asking support for a battery back-up installation at the Edwards closed coal plant or solar at the Duck Creek plant which was closed by Vistra for economic reasons? The Illinois Coal to Solar Energy Storage Initiative was intended to enable closed coal plants transition to new uses that would provide property taxes for the area and employment.

Pesticide Drift Harms Plants and Pollinators
Herbicides kill or damage the flowering plants that pollinators depend on. Herbicide drift can affect plants sometimes over a mile away from the intended application site. Prairie Rivers Network recently published Pesticide Drift In Public Spaces, which explores the frequency and distribution of pesticide drift in the places where children and adults play and learn.

Changes Coming This Fall to Our Birdseed Sale and Executive Committee Elections
This fall there will no longer be a November-December print newsletter, which included our birdseed order form and our Executive Committee election ballots. Instead, our birdseed order form will be mailed separately, and the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter will manage our HOI Group election, which will be online.